Truck drivers wait to be let onto I-10 Wednesday on the Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette.

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The public costs of reacting to the wintry weather that has swept through Acadiana since last Friday has surely been dear. But by Wednesday, the toll hadn't been counted and work was ongoing.

Department of Transportation and Development road crews have worked around the clock since before the storm hit, stockpiling and then distributing truckloads of salt, sand and light aggregate used to try to keep roads open.

In preparation for the storm, DOTD stockpiled 3.8 million pounds of salt, transported from Cargill's salt resources in Iberia Parish. Trucks have continued to haul salt away from ...